Firstly, what the heck is Naruto-Hellsing? I have a vague memory of it…something about a prison…vampire? Maybe I am confusing the two?

Something is clouding my memory. If I force myself too hard to remember my head begins hurting.

Dammit!

My train of thoughts were broken with the strange aura enveloping the room. I felt scared just being here. It wasn’t blood lust….no it was something I have never really felt before….fear but more tilted towards horror?

“Is something a bother?” Valentine asks as she rolls her head to the other side. The white light from the ceiling became paler and began fading. Was I locked up in a haunted house with a psycho?

“You…you said we have met before…” I ask as the pain in my head subsides.

“Maybe…” She replies in a playful tone.

“So have we met before?”

“Maybe….”

The white light began flickering. I don’t like this. I hate haunted houses.

“You were the one who guided me here, right?”

“Maybe…”

“Where are we?”

“Who knows…”

Somehow I find her very annoying.

Also meeting her… has raised a sense of urgency within me. Right now I know I need to do something important.

“I see will all your replies be this vague?”

“If you ask the same questions then it is no fun Sora-kun…once I understand, twice I comprise but thrice is rather boring….This is why Sora-kun you will never have a successful date.”

How can someone has been crucified to the wall be enjoying themselves so much? Also, her comment on my dating life seems unwarranted. I am sure my dating life has been very successful.

[heh..]

Did she just laugh?

No that isn’t important right now, she keeps calling me Sora-kun. Is that my name?

[You don’t even remember your own name….your condition is much worse than last time…though I did warn you last time.]

“Warn me about what?”

“That every time you come here, you will lose a part of yourself. You shouldn’t be her …see it is already so bad…you don’t even remember your own name….who knows the next time you come here…will you even remember how to speak?”

Is she concerned about me? Is she my ally or foe? Why do my instincts tell me foe?

“I don’t understand what you mean…where are we?”

The Vampiress simply smiled. [You know where we are….]

I think I do when she puts it like that; this is all happening in my mind isn’t it?

The Vampiress nodded.

Why is there a Vampiress crucified in my mind? What’s up with the entire dungeon etc etc. Is there some metaphorical meaning to this….like the deepest recesses of my mind?

If this is my mind why can’t I control it?

[Do you want to know why?]

I really hate her every time she reads my mind.

“Yes, please tell me…”

[This isn’t your mind, silly!]

When she replies playfully she replies vague when she replies seriously she makes no sense. Is she of any use? Is she trying to delay me?

“You did say this was my mind…”

“I did.”

“And now you say it isn’t.”

“I did.”

I am slightly frustrated now.

“This is your mind and it isn’t your mind. We are after all invited guests.”

“Huh?”

“Araaa…Sora-kun you promised you wouldn’t forget our first meeting. Could it be you have found someone else?”

I am slightly uneasy right now. What did she mean by that?

“I told you even then you would come to regret this…”

“Could you not speak in riddles?”

“See here? Only poor me is chained up all the others have ran away.”

Are there more like her here? This is bad.

“You only bounded me back then….this is why it hurts….”

Is she talking about my headache? Or about herself being crucified to the wall?

“They are taking over, aren’t they?”

My chest tightens. I don’t understand her but I have feeling she is warning me of oncoming danger.

“You must find them…they are hiding here, deep within you.”

The ceiling colour turned red. Red like blood. I need to hurry.

“Why do you help me?” I need to settle this quickly; can she be trusted or not?

“Why? Cause I swore my allegiance to you and in turn you promised to fulfil my wish. Is that not a good enough reason.”

"Right....that is why you tried to kill me...." My skepticism is running high.

"Valentine only loves men stronger than her. If Sora can't even dodge that level of attack...then Sora is better of dead."

What the heck is she talking about! I don’t remember anything! Loves??? In my mind's mind...my mouth is like a big 'O'.

“Although this is against the rules….I never liked following rules. It might be easier for me to show it to you.” She said. “Though if you forget me again, I will no longer help you!”

“THIRD EYE!” She called out.

Bright light enveloped the room and I was whisked away; out of the gloomy dungeon.

The next thing I knew I was flying through the air and had an aerial view of the city below.

Is that a giant slime?

My headache and memories returned.

Yeah….that giant slime is me.

WTH!

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